To
illustrate this, again using the Hi Lo count, one
can calculate a basic strategy advantage of 18% for
a +13 count with 13 cards remaining from a single
deck. Note that this is below the 26% we would presume
using .5% per true count. But for a -13 count with
13 cards remaining the basic strategy expectation
is a whopping -135% because of the many hopeless doubles
and splits. This is far below the estimated -26%.
it therefore follows that for at least one of the
running counts betien -12 and +12 the actual expectation
must be higher than the .5% per true count figure
would indicate. This is because the overall expectation
with 13 cards left must be precisely the full deck
0%.
To learn more about what happens in actual Online
Blackjack Games we must resort to simulations.

This
may seem like an unreasonably long time, but the reality
is that one big hand can skew your results for one
5-hour session. One outrageously lucky or unlucky
card can turn a winning session into a losing one,
and vice-versa. A few lucky hands might convince you
your hourly rate for $20-40 hold'em is $20/hour, while
your actual hourly rate might be $5 or even minus
$10/hour. Only after you have played so many hands
that your luck has evened out can you possibly gauge
your established hourly rate.